Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-15

Always ''oa timc"-wide.awsks
farmers.
-Linseed oil will remove rust from
q stovepipc.
Diverted pigs are made sick. and
! do not grow.
"A painted fencs around the yard
will last longer than an unpainted
one and look better at the same time.
Tho wheat area in India has in
creased within the past few years to
about q. 900. 900 acres. A recent esti-
mate places the maximum wheat pro-
duction ut SO3 600 600 bushels. against
4 few thousand hundred-weight ten
years ago
1t takes nearly 100 900. 900 foreign
eggs month to keep the English in
cakes and buildings. The matter Of
the proec. ion of the English hen from
the competition of the pauper fowls of
France has been thought so serious
that even Gladstone has paid some at
tentiOn to it.
Poultry men say that pullets
Matched by incubators and raised in
breeders lay much sooner than those
hen-hatched and raised. A Trenton
man has one of these artificial youn.
hens that began laying when ten weeks
old. and has laid an egg day ever
since.
-Larl is not suitable rs lubricator
for axies of wagons. as it is said 10
loosen the spokes. Wood tar is still
largely used. and tallow is also an inn
portant ingredient. two parts tallow.
one Of tar and one of castor oil being
considered excellent for cold weather.
Fowls will not thrive and do we'll
that are penned over hogs We have
| seen it advocated to build the poultry
house over the hogs. This is mis-
take. When done. sickness and death
among the flock is always greater. No
one wants TO associate with hogs. not
even chickens. Troy Times.
Baked Onions: Boil in sailed water
one-half hour Lift out in drain
spoon carefully and lay them closely
together in baking pan; salt and pep
per. also one-half teaspoonful of but
| ter should be put on each onion; bake
in hot oven half an hour, when they
should b, both tender and brownesi;
take out without crushing and serve
hot -Farmer and Manufacturer
Rolls: One quart flour. two ounces
butter we'll rubbed together, one we'll
beaten egg. a little salt. two teaspoons
baking powder well dissolved. and rs
much milk as required to make Il stiff
batter; beat it well. set to rise; when
light. roll out thin. cut into gems.
brush edges with melted butter. fol,t
them over. place in pans separated 4
little, let them stand awhile to rise
again, and bake. -Boston Budget.
When the wool-buyer comes
, round the farmer wishes he had looked
! after his sheep little more closely.
cut down the bur and briar bushes.
and removed the tags in the spring.
! remarks an exchange. A dirty fleece
weighs more. but the buyer is keen
! sighted. and is sure to deduct from the
price paid for good, clean wool more
than enough TO make up for the extra
| weight. Bear this lesson i'm mind am!
keep the wool clean next year.-Er-
change.
"A wooden plate can be covered
with the fiat gray moss found on old
stones and fences. Attach it with
glue. and when perfectly dry. glue OIL
little irregular twig. putting bits OF
moss on also. and when the twig is
firmly fastened mount Il bird or birds
nest with eggs. and you will have q
pretty PLAGUE for the wall which can
be varied to suit any caprice or con-
di,ion. If the wall is dark place Il
bit of bright drapery behind the
placque -Indiannpo Is JoNrnM
A Delicious Dish: A Fair Of TO,
very young fowls should be cut uI
and fried in saucepan. with butter
and little lard. When brown re-
move the pieces. Add two finely
chopped onions to the same gravy
and let them brown. Also seed and
skin eight or nine tomatoes. cut them
in slices and add to the fowls; also
half a green pepper. finely chopped;
two cupfuls of hot water or beef stock;
season and let all boil slowly for half
an hour. and serve with plain boiled
rice in separate dish. -Ladianapoiis
Sentinel.